Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Defence MinisterSen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on February 5 for out-goingdirector of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Vietnam KimJin-oh.
At the meeting, the two sides reviewed cooperationbetween Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) in addressing post-warconsequences in Vietnam, including a 20-million-USD project funded by the RoK Governmentto clean up areas contaminated with mines andunexploded ordnance (UXO) in the central provinces of Quang Binh and Binh Dinh,and another for detoxifying the dioxin-polluted area in Da Nang airport.
Vinh appreciated Kim’s contributionsto and the role by KOICA in promoting the Vietnam – RoK cooperation over the pastthree years.
The two sides agreed to continuously enhance cooperation in the coming time,focusing on expanding the project to Quang Nam and Quang Tri, and implement a technicalassistance project to detoxify dioxin-contaminated areas at A Sho airport in thecentral province of Thua Thien - Hue.
The RoK side promised to assist Vietnam in personnel training and improving capacityto build databases in the work, thus effectively addressing consequences of wartime toxic chemicals and UXO./.